Excellence Scholarships at Utrecht University, Netherlands – 2023

The Utrecht Excellence Scholarship offers a number of graduate scholarship awards to highly talented prospective international students, with the opportunity to pursue a degree in a selected number of fields at Utrecht University.

Application Deadline: Before 31 January 2023

Offered annually? Yes

Eligible Countries: International

To be taken at (country): Utrecht University, Netherlands

Accepted Subject Areas? The Utrecht Excellence Scholarship offers a number of highly talented prospective students the opportunity to pursue a degree in a selected number of fields at Utrecht University:

• Graduate School of Geosciences
• Graduate School of Humanities
• Graduate School of Law, Economics and Governance
• Graduate School of Life Sciences
• Graduate School of Natural Sciences
• Graduate School of Social and Behavioural Sciences

Type: Masters

Number Of Scholarships: 20-25 scholarships

Value Of Scholarships: The Utrecht Excellence scholarship can be awarded as:

• the tuition fee, or
• the tuition fee plus the income required for a period of one year linked to a residence permit for study as determined by the IND (Immigration and Naturalisation Service).

The scholarship can be renewed for the second year of two-year master’s programmes.

Eligibility: To be eligible for the Utrecht Excellence Scholarships, applicants must:

• Belong to the top 10% of your graduating class
• Hold a non-EU/EEA passport and not be eligible for support under the Dutch system of study grants and loans
• Have completed your secondary school and/or Bachelor degree outside the Netherlands
• Have applied for an international undergraduate/master’s programme

How to Apply: After submitting an application for the Master’s programme, non-EU/EEA students will have the option to submit an application for an Utrecht Excellence Scholarship.

You will need to upload the following document:

• Proof of belonging to the top 10% of your graduating class:
  an official document issued by your university that proves you are among the top 10% of your graduating class, such as a statement signed and stamped by your University, a reference letter, a class ranking certificate

Interested applicants should take the following steps:

1. Submit an application for a Master’s programme; if you do not do this first, your UES application will simply be deleted.
2. After submitting an application for a Master’s programme, you can go to Osiris Online Application.
3. Log in with your Osiris username and password.
4. Click on the link ‘New application’.
5. Answer the UES questions and upload the requested document(s).
6. Submit your application.

Source: www.uu.nl